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J Spring/Summer at Orono I The Maine Alumnus vol. 55 no. 5 summer 1974 I Page 2 Reunion Weekend 1974—President Neville asks alumni to redirect their giving...Brownie Schrumpf receives the Pine Tree Service Emblem Award. Page 4 Happiness is Accreditation—The College of Busi­ ness Administration becomes the only nationally accredited bus­ iness administration program in northern New England. Page 6 Annual Alumni Fund reaches 96 per cent of goal—AAF total of $239,909 sets pace for alumni giving. Page 7 Foraging: picking and eating nuts and berries for Making pies out of the native ground cherry is part of the credit. course work for SS4, an intensive three-week course in foraging. See story on page 7. Page 8 Second Century Fund progresses towards $3.5 mil­ lion goal—Official Family Division surpasses half million dollar goal...Donald P. Corbett ’34 to lead alumni phase. editor Dr. James F. Donovan ’45 Margaret Rode Zubik ’71 Kenneth S. Field ’27 Mrs. Clara (Peabody ’27) Hersum 10 Campus Capsules Mark E. Hopkins ’74 publisher George P. Hitchings ’37 11 Campus/Alumni News Lester J. Nadeau '59 Dr. Waldo M. Libbey ’44 Donald L. Mooers ’60 Arthur K. Nicolson ’67 photo credits 12 Book Review Robert L. Olsen ’50 Jack Walas Albert M. Parker ’28 Al Pelletier Mrs. Mary (Carter ’31) Stiles 13 Margaret Rode Zubik ’71 Sports Mrs. Pauline (Jellison ’40) Weatherbee Whitney L. Wheeler ’29 alumni association officers John F. Wilson ’33 President Mrs. Eleanor (West ’33) Yerxa Cover: Photograph by Jack Walas, university photographer. Ralph L. Hodgkins, Jr. ’59 First Vice President Gordon I Erikson ’43 k annual alumni fund committee Second Vice President Mrs. Fern (Allen ’34) Turbyne National Chairman Treasurer John F Wilson '33 James H. Webster ’59 Vice Chairmen Clerk Thomas J Desmond '33 Mrs. Priscilla (Thomas ’49) Rines George P. Hitchings ’37 Mrs. Helen (Wormwood ’41) Pierce Leonard N. Plavin '48 alumni council Eugene F. Sturgeon '65 Jeanne M. Bailey '74 David E. Svendsen '65 John W. Ballou ’49 The Maine Alumnus, published four times a year in the Fall, Winter, Spring and William E. Bodwell ’50 Summer by the General Alumni Association, Alumni Center, University of Maine alumni representatives to at Orono, Orono, Maine 04473. The General Alumni Association, Ralph L. Hodg­ Howard L. Bowen ’24 the intercollegiate athletic kins, Jr., president, is an unincorporated association, classified as an educational Leslie C. Brewer ’44 advisory council and charitable organization as described in section 509 (a) (1) of the Internal Stephen A. Briggs ’65 Revenue Code. Total number of copies printed per year, 96,000. Average per issue Leland F. Carter '42 Roger C. Castle '21 24,000. Send changes of address and letters to the editor to the business office six Emest J. Reidman ’38 I weeks prior to the next issue. The Maine Alumnus is sent to those who contribute to J. Edward DeCourcy ’34 the Annual Alumni Fund. Second class postage paid at Orono, Maine 04473. John K. Dineen ’51 Vernon W. Tozer ’51 Reunion Weekend 1974 I President Howard R. Neville highlighted Reunion Weekend this year in an address to alumni in which he issued an appeal to President Neville asks them to redirect their gifts from restricted to unrestricted monies for the New Beginning at UMO. alumni to redirect their The key to an effective future of the university, he said, will depend heavijy upon the interest and ability of our alumni to giving...Brownie Schrumpf participate fully in nuturing and developing this particularly fine university community. receives the Pine Tree “For many years we have placed heavy emphasis on class giving to various class funds in order to provide scholarship aid Service Emblem Award and loans to needy students,” said Neville addressing a capacity gathering of alumni at the 1974 Annual Alumni Reunion Banquet on June 8. “Now, however, so that we may carry out ‘A New Begin­ ning’, which includes our six-year plan for the University of Maine at Orono, it is necessary that we ask you to consider changing somewhat the restricted gifts which will provide funds we need today, immediately, rather than provide income for future scholarships,” he announced. He emphasized that existing class scholarships will remain intact and will continue to provide financial aid to students and would in no way be affected by what he proposed. Federal aid, he pointed out, along with state aid and guaranteed loans make the student aid picture a less critical issue than it had been in the past. He closed his remarks by acknowledging the many successful and productive alumni that have been borne of the university. “We are sure that you, the alumni of our institution, will help us move into the future with security and confidence in our ability to meet the needs of the young people who come to us now and in the years ahead,” he said. Another highlight of the banquet was the presentation of the highest award given by the General Alumni Association, the Pine Tree Service Emblem, to Mildred Brown Schrumpf ’25, “Brow­ nie”, to countless of Orono alumni and Maine people. Brownie has served UMO for years in a number of positions, both officially for 40 years until her retirement in 1969 and unofficially as an ambassador from UMO in whatever she did or wherever she went. In presenting the award, GAA President Ralph L. “Woody” Hodgkins ’59 said, “the length and quality of her service as well as the quiet devotion with which she has served ‘Maine’ is known by all those who have been a part of the GAA. Her allegiance to UMO is a tradition.” During her long career at UMO, she has been an assistant state 4-H Club Agent, a part-time instructor in food preservation and camp cookery and assistant executive director of the GAA. Her cooking expertise has been seen on a local television series, a newspaper column and in her work with the YWCA. In 1957 she received a Black Bear Award and in 1968 she was voted the “Woman of the Year” by the Maine Press, Radio and Television Women. The three warm, early summer days of June 7, 8 and 9 contrib­ uted to the heavily attended Reunion Weekend. Nearly 500 alumni returned to the 99th Reunion on the Orono campus. At two of the nine class dinners Friday night, two alumni were honored for their service to the university: Reginald H. Merrill, Sr. ’29 and Velma K. Oliver ’25. Award recipient Mildred Brown "Brownie" Schrumpf '25 smiles in appreciation as GAA President Ralph L. "Woody" Hodgkins Jr. '59 Reg Merrill, of Brewer, was presented the Block “M” award reads the citation at the presentation of the Pine Tree Service Emblem for alumni service at his 1929 class dinner by Mrs. Susan J. Award at the Reunion Banquet on June 8. Gaudet, assistant directorforalumni activities. He has served as an officer of local alumni associations in Cumberland County and Hartford, Conn, and is currently class secretary. He retired in 1967 from Pozzy, Horrocks and Merrill, Inc. of Brewer and has since operated his own business, the Brewer Service Bureau. Miss Oliver, a member of the class of 1925 from Veazie, was presented her Block “M” award by Albert M. Parker ’28, past president of the GAA. She retired in 1969 after 21 years as manager of women’s housing at UMO. Earlier this year she was honored for her 50 years of service to Delta Zeta sorority and was also presented the Achievement Citation Award for 1974 by the Maine Division of the American Association of University Women. Other weekend events included a Presidents’ Dance at Hilltop Dining Hall hosted by President and Mrs. Howard R. Neville and GAA President and Mrs. Ralph L. “Woody” Hodgkins ’59. On Saturday 100 members of the 50-year class of 1924 were the guests of honor at the 1974 Reunion Luncheon where they re­ ceived fifty-year certificates. The oldest living graduate from UMO, Dr. Lore E. Rogers, 99, class of 1896 spoke to the lun­ cheon audience after receiving the 1908 Attendance Cup. The class of 1944 received the 1924 Cup for the largest percen­ tage (6.3%) of returning alumni registered in a class of the last 30 years. The Twentieth Century Cup was presented to the Class of 1924 as the reunion class of the 20th Century with the largest percentage (37.4%) of returning alumni. The President’s Cup was also given to 1924 for the largest number of registered alumni, 61 members. The GAA held its annual business meeting on Saturday after­ noon, at which the Constitutional revisions (printed in the last issue of the Alumnus) were accepted. At the meeting of the Alumni Council just prior to the weekend’s activities retiring Young alumni, old alumni and student workers bridged the generation Donald M.